THE summer star trek kicked off with Sead Haksabanovic’s £1.8million move to Malmo on July 1.
The Celtic departure count rose to TEN permanent departures when Tomoki Iwata switched to Birmingham City last night.
There were five loan deals, one player released and another retired.
Before the ball even got rolling almost two months ago on the summer transfer trail with Haksabanovic’s exit for Sweden, there was the £8million move for winger Liel Abada to MLS outfit Charlotte FC in March.
MARCH EXIT…Liel Abada moved to the MLS for a reported £8million.
Including the Israel international’s fee, the Hoops have raked in an extraordinary £48.63million in all removals over the past five months.
That sum, of course, is bolstered significantly by Matt O’Riley’s remarkable move to Brighton which will reportedly rise to £30million, overtaking the past record of £25million paid for Kieran Tierney by Arsenal and Filipe Jota by Al-Attihad.
Included in the list there are three undisclosed fees for Iwata, Yuki Kobayashi and Benji Siegrist which we have rounded up to £1million.
PERMANENT DEALS
Matt O’Riley £30m Brighton
Mikey Johnston £3m West Brom
Oh Hyeon-gyu £2.2m Genk
Bosun Lawal £2m Stoke City
Sead Haksabanovic £1.8m Malmo
Daniel Kelly £400,000 Millwall
Rocco Vata £230,000 Watford
Tomoki Iwata Undisclosed Birmingham City
Yuki Kobayashi Undisclosed Portimonense
Benji Siegrist Undisclosed Rapid Bucharest
LOANED
Kwon Hyeok-kyu Hibs
Gustaf Lagerbielke FC Twente
Marco Tilio Melbourne City
Dane Murray Queen’s Park
Tobi Oluwayemi Dunfermline
RELEASED
James McCarthy
RETIRED
Joe Hart
